Oregon · Private foundation
Wendt Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $616k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $90,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Wendt Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $616k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $630k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $505k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $591k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $852k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $561k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $560k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $869k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette University | $1,200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Favell Museum Inc | $363,740 | 7 | 23% |
| Oregon State University Foundation | $326,788 | 1 | 0% |
| Klamath Community College Foundation | $165,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Klamath Falls Gospel Mission | $165,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Friends of the Children of the Klamath Basin | $140,749 | 3 | 3% |
| Klamath Ice Sports Inc | $123,750 | 6 | 14% |
| Ross Ragland Theater and Cultural C | $122,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Basin United Soccer Club Inc | $118,977 | 1 | 34% |
| Oregon Tech Foundation Inc | $68,000 | 6 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette University | $1,200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Favell Museum Inc | $363,740 | 7 | 23% |
| Oregon State University Foundation | $326,788 | 1 | 0% |
| Klamath Community College Foundation | $165,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Klamath Falls Gospel Mission | $165,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Friends of the Children of the Klamath Basin | $140,749 | 3 | 3% |
| Klamath Ice Sports Inc | $123,750 | 6 | 14% |
| Ross Ragland Theater and Cultural C | $122,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Basin United Soccer Club Inc | $118,977 | 1 | 34% |
| Oregon Tech Foundation Inc | $68,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Pegasus School | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Crosspoint Christian School Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sky Lakes Medical Center Foundation | $40,364 | 1 | 1% |
| Klamath Basin Audubon Society | $28,000 | 4 | 31% |
| Pregnancy Hope Center | $13,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Assistance League of Klamath Basin | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Rotary Club of Klamath Falls | $4,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Crater Lake Rim Run | $2,000 | 1 | 8% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wendt Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Klamath Medical Service Bureau Foundatio Attn Timothy a Bailey · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · The Honzel Family Foundation · Sky Lakes Medical Center · Community Foundation of the Klamath Basin · The Autzen Foundation · Graham Family Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati · The Avista Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wendt Family Foundation
- How much does Wendt Family Foundation give?
- Wendt Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $616,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wendt Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (38%), Health (38%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Wendt Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Willamette University ($1.2M), Favell Museum Inc ($364k), Oregon State University Foundation ($327k).
- Does Wendt Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wendt Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wendt Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Klamath Medical Service Bureau Foundatio Attn Timothy a Bailey, The Oregon Community Foundation, The Ford Family Foundation.
- Where is Wendt Family Foundation based?
- Wendt Family Foundation is based in OR.
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